A description of the island of St. Helena; containing observations on its singular structure and formation, and an account of its climate, natural history, and inhabitants / [Anon].
- Duncan, Francis, M.D.
- Date:
- 1805
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A description of the island of St. Helena; containing observations on its singular structure and formation, and an account of its climate, natural history, and inhabitants / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![naked would be the fabric of human know- ledge ? The reader, who shall give himself the trouble of inspecting the following pages, may, perhaps, discover some casual lapses in the style and expression; and it is not meant here to plead, either haste or negli- gence, in extenuation of any unheeded er- rors. Yet what has unavoidably happened, may surely be told without blame or affec- tation,—that this little Tract, which] was written in retirement, is sent to the press under the disadvantage of not having been seen by any friend before it is printed. The writer, who is far from professing him- self indifferent to the praise of clearness and simplicity, if he should happily attain it, will not affect to offer excuses for what has cost him trouble, and what probably no pains on his part could have made better than it is. Tor the descriptions themselves, and for the inferences drawn from them, as the former are as accurate as he has been able to make them, and the latter more probable than any thing else that has oc- curred to his reflection, the writer offers no apology.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22021127_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
